Dear Always Searching:
Well, it was a rough road, and all you can do is try. I wish the hearing would have turned out better.
Anyway, to answer your question, although the State has jurisdiction, the way it works in California is probably the same way it works in OK; and that is, when a case has been filed in a particular County, that's where the proceedings of a filed case must stay - - unless someone can find legal grounds to transfer an action to another County.
As to Paula's question, from the description of what happened, I don't see any grounds for an appeal. A judge has wide "discretion" in Family Law cases, and unless there is an "abuse of discretion", there wouldn't be any grounds for an appeal.
Well, it wasn't a total loss, eh Always Searching?
IAAL
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